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A GUIDE TO EATING FISH CALIFORNIA COAST ADVISORY FOR AREAS WITHOUT SITE-SPECIFIC ADVICE WOMEN 18 - 49 YEARS AND CHILDREN 1 - 17 YEARS Eat the Good Fish Eating fish that are low in chemicals may provide health benefits to children and adults. Avoid the Bad Fish Eating fish with higher levels of chemicals like mercury or PCBs may cause health problems in children and adults. Choose the Right Fish Chemicals may be more harmful to unborn babies and children. Women (18-49 Years) Children (1-17 Years) 6 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK Small Flatfish: Diamond Turbot, Longfin Sanddab, Speckled Sanddab, and Spotted Turbot 2 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK Croaker: White and Yellowfin Queenfish Low-PCB Surfperch: Shiner, Silver, and Walleye Very Low-PCB Surfperch: Barred, Black, Pile, Rainbow, Spotfin, and White Topsmelt 1 TOTAL SERVING A WEEK Barred Sand Bass Cabezon California Corbina Kelp Bass Lingcod Medium-Mercury Rockfish: Black, Blue, Brown, Kelp, Olive, Rosethorn, and Vermillion 0 DO NOT EAT High-Mercury Rockfish: Black and Yellow, China, Copper, and Gopher Sharks California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment web www.oehha.ca.gov/fish email [email protected] phone (916) 324-7572 Serving Size A serving of fish is about the size and thickness of your hand. Give children smaller servings. For Adults For Children Eat only the sklnless fillet Eat only the meat Some chemicals are higher in the skin, fat, and guts.
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A GUIDE TO EATING FISH
CALIFORNIA COASTADVISORY FOR AREAS WITHOUT SITE-SPECIFIC ADVICE
WOMEN 18 - 49 YEARS AND CHILDREN 1 - 17 YEARS
Eat theGood Fish
Eating fish that are low in chemicals
may provide health benefits to children
and adults.
Avoid theBad Fish
Eating fish with higher levels of chemicals like mercury or PCBs may cause health problems in children and adults.
Choose theRight Fish
Chemicals maybe more harmfulto unborn babies
and children.
Women(18-49 Years)
Children(1-17 Years)
6 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK
Small Flatfish: Diamond Turbot, Longfin Sanddab, Speckled Sanddab, and Spotted Turbot
2 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK
Croaker: White and Yellowfin
QueenfishLow-PCB Surfperch:
Shiner, Silver, and Walleye
Very Low-PCB Surfperch: Barred, Black, Pile, Rainbow, Spotfin, and White Topsmelt
1 TOTALSERVINGA WEEK Barred Sand Bass
Cabezon
California Corbina
Kelp Bass
LingcodMedium-Mercury Rockfish:
Black, Blue, Brown, Kelp, Olive, Rosethorn, and Vermillion
0 DO NOTEAT
High-Mercury Rockfish: Black and Yellow, China, Copper, and Gopher
Sharks
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
web www.oehha.ca.gov/fishemail [email protected] phone (916) 324-7572
Serving SizeA serving of fish is about the size and thickness of your hand. Give children smaller servings.
For Adults For Children Eat only thesklnless fillet
Eat only the meat
Some chemicals are higher in the skin, fat, and guts.
A GUIDE TO EATING FISH
CALIFORNIA COASTADVISORY FOR AREAS WITHOUT SITE-SPECIFIC ADVICE
WOMEN 50 YEARS AND OLDER AND MEN 18 YEARS AND OLDER
Eat theGood Fish
Eating fish that are low in chemicals
may provide health benefits to children
and adults.
Avoid theBad Fish
Eating fish with higher levels of chemicals like mercury or PCBs may cause health problems in children and adults.
Choose theRight Fish
Chemicals maybe more harmfulto unborn babies
and children.
Women(50+ Years)
Men(18+ Years)
6 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK
Small Flatfish: Diamond Turbot, Longfin Sanddab, Speckled Sanddab, and Spotted Turbot
Very Low-PCB Surfperch: Barred, Black, Pile, Rainbow, Spotfin, and White
Topsmelt
4 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK
Croaker: White and Yellowfin Queenfish Medium-Mercury Rockfish: Black, Blue, Brown, Kelp, Olive, Rosethorn, and Vermillion
2 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK
Barred Sand Bass CabezonKelp Bass
Lingcod
Low-PCB Surfperch: Shiner, Silver, and Walleye
1 TOTALSERVINGA WEEK
California Corbina High-Mercury Rockfish: Black and Yellow, China, Copper and Gopher Sharks
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
web www.oehha.ca.gov/fishemail [email protected] phone (916) 324-7572
Serving SizeA serving of fish is about the size and thickness of your hand. Give children smaller servings.
For Adults For Children Eat only thesklnless fillet
Eat only the meat
Some chemicals are higher in the skin, fat, and guts.
